| 10.00am - 10.45am |
Registration and Coffee |
| 10.45am -11.00am |
Opening Address
John J. Gallagher, Director, Institute of
Technology, Carlow
Room A102
|
Session 1:
11.00am -
1.00 pm |
Session 1A
Room A102
Chair: Dave Dowling |
Session 1B
Room A100
Chair: Maebh Maher |
Session 1C
Room D521
Chair: Colm Kelly |
Session 1D
Room D507
Chair: Brendan Laffan |
| 11.00am -
11.30am |
"Keeping part-time time students motivated with a web based
resource", Barry McIntyre, Dunlaoghaire Institute of Art, Design and
Technology |
"Corporate alliances in elearning: a programme
director's perspective", Malcolm Brady, DCU. |
"The use of On-line Support in Mathematics for Adult Learners
entering Third Level Education". Mike O'Connell & Ita Kavanagh ,
LIT |
"An Intelligent, Personalised Computer-Aided Assessment
System" , Phelim Murnion, GMIT |
| 11.30am -
12noon |
"Enabling Technology - Creating a Level Playing Field" Joe
Reid, Belfast Institute |
"Management and
integration of e-learning technology", Chris Martin, iT Campus |
"Using CALMAT with First Year Engineering Students", Grace
Corcoran, IT Sligo. |
"Synchronous/Asynchronous
e-Learning Delivery", Ciaran Sampey, Pat Doody, Paul McCusker & David
O'Donnell |
| 12 noon - 12.30
pm |
"Blackboard as a Learning Tool", Paul Hoyle and Patricia
MacCallum, Belfast Institute |
"Direct Manipulation and Multimedia Interfaces -
examples of exploratory learning enviroments" Matt Smith - IT
Blanchardstown. |
"Maths Safari - Trekking through the Jungle of Internet Math
Teaching Resources" , Aiden Bell, IT Sligo |
"RACeE Mechanism for online
courses", David Molloy, DCU |
| 12.30pm - 1.00
pm |
"Lyit, Law, The Internet, and I.", Sean Quinn
, Letterkenny IT |
"Interactivity in Physics Education Support", Mike Winterburn,
Ita Kavanagh , Limerick IT |
"Technology Issues effecting the Deployment of e-Learning
Materials ", Brian Mulligan, IT Sligo. |
"ILT at Upper Bann Institute, strategy and practice", Bryan
McLaughlin and Brian McClean, Upper Bann Institute |
| 9.00 am - 9.20
am |
Tea/Coffee |
| 9.20am -
10.50am |
Session 3: Plenary
Session
Room A102
Chair: John
Scott |
| 9.20am -
9.50am |
"The Reemergence of Peer-to-Peer Technologies
To Support Innovative Educational Applications", David L. Passmore, Michael
Halm, The Pennsylvania State University |
| 9.50am -
10.20am |
"Arguments For and Against the Use of Learning
Technologies: What do They Tell Us?", Seamus Fox, Dublin City University
|
| 10.20am -
10.50am |
"Learning Technologies and Current Irish Economic
Challenges", Máire Hunt, Skillnets |
| 10.50am-11.25am |
Break |
| 11.25am - 12.55
pm |
Session 4A
Room A102
Chair: Martin Meaghar |
Session 4B
Room A100
Chair: Joe Keogh |
Session 4C
Room D521
Chair: Declan Doyle |
| 11.25am -
11.55am |
"An open learning MA using web-based technology " , Liam
Boyle, NUI Galway |
"Remote High-tech Distance Learning Vocational
'Porridge'" , Dr. Brian Hill , North East Institute of Further and Higher
Education |
"Compulsory ownership of laptop
computers in a medical school, 8 years on", Eric. D. Clarke , Royal College
of Surgeons in Ireland |
| 11.55am -
12.25pm |
"The Pedagogical and Cost Effective Development of Higher-Order
Skills through eLearning", Seamus Fox and Kay Mac Keogh,
DCU |
"The Centre for Learning Technology (CLT) at Trinity College",
Valerie Carroll, TCD |
"Meeting Strategic Objectives: Implications of An
Cheim for the Teaching and Learning environments in the Irish Institutes of
Technology", Deirdre Lillis, Paul Collins , IT Tralee |
| 12.25pm -
12.55pm |
"Now that we have the Learning Resource Centre
how do students benefit from it?", Anne Garvey IT Carlow |
"Developing nursing practice through work-based e-Learning",
Bob Brown, University of Ulster / Newry and Mourne HSST |
"Why can't accounts be fun? Making Learning Fun to Enhance The
Development Of Hospitality Accountancy Skills Using Computer Simulation Gaming
", Lyn Fawcett, University of Ulster |
| 12.55pm -
2.10pm |
Lunch |
| 2.10 p.m. - 3.45
p.m. |
Session 5: Plenary
Session
Room A102
Chair: Brian
Mulligan |
| 2.10 p.m - 2.20
p.m. |
Address
by Conference Sponsor |
| 2.20 p.m - 3.00
p.m. |
"An overview of Virtual Learning Environments and
implications for institutions", Professor Gráinne Conole, University
of Southampton |
| 3.00 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.
|
Keynote Speech
"Embedding Online Learning:
Some Personal Observations on the Management of Change"
Professor Gareth Thomas, Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Coventry
University |
| 3.45p.m. - 3.55
p.m. |
Closing
Address
Chris Fingleton on behalf of the Institute
of Technology Carlow and the Irish Learning Technology Association. |
| 3.55 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
|
Tea/Coffee |